We Are Amused: A Royal Miscellany; Everything You Wanted to Know About the Royal Family...But Didn't Know Who to Ask - Hardcover

Hoey, Brian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1906779856 ISBN 13: 9781906779856

Publisher: Jr Books Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Does the Queen hold a drivers license and did she pass a test? What happens to the hundreds of boxes of chocolate people send Her Majesty on her birthday? These questions and more are answered in a practical miscellany of the royal family. Interest in the royal family is inexhaustible people are curious about what they wear, drink, and do. This perfect companion to the royals' never-ending soap opera reveals all, from where the best places are to go to see the royal family to such details of tradition as the correct days and hours when it is permitted to fly a flag above Buckingham Palace. Including fascinating facts on abdication, birthdays, Christmas, dining, equerries, fashion, garden parties, hairdressers, insignia, the Jewel House, Kensington Palace, liveries, maids of honor, nannies, orbs, protection squads, the Queen’s piper, racing, Snowdon, tartans, the Union Jack, Queen Victoria, weddings, the x-ray machine at Buckingham Palace, yachts, and Zara Phillips, this is an unstoppable, unbeatable little guide to the British monarchy.

About this title

About the Author:

Brian Hoey was the official biographer of the Princess Royal’s daughter, Zara Phillips, and has written more than 24 books, mostly about royalty, including Life with the Queen, Prince William, The Royal Train, and Snowdon.

Review:

'No serious Royal watcher will want to be without this ingenious volume...guaranteed to inform and entertain' Five stars ***** Sunday Express 20101128 'The entries are arranged alphabetically and contain much that is truly fascinating' The Lady 20101130 'I think this is the most nutritious little book I've ever read on the Royal Family - witty to the point of wickedness. Hoey knows his onions.' - Roger Lewis The Daily Mail 20101217

About this edition

• Publisher: Jr Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1906779856
• ISBN 13: 9781906779856
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 245